The trouble with "sacrifices as symbolic acts" is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.

In Canada, what I find what people are afraid of or worried about is politicians who denigrate the importance of the resource sectors, which are the basis of our trading capacity.

Negative is always more newsworthy than positive.

My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman.

An optimist in Canada is someone who think things could be worse

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.